Cheese firm seeks break in Tulare

Tulare City Council will consider industrial sewer fee reduction for CaliCheese start-up

7:07 PM,
Oct. 15, 2013

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The Tulare City Council will consider adopting staff calculations that would significantly reduce industrial sewer connection fees for a proposed cheese plant when it meets at 7 p.m. today.

The new calculations would decrease fees for CaliCheese LLC , a start-up seeking to build a $250-million plant that would bring 219 jobs to Tulare.

In a report prepared for the council, interim Community Development Deputy Director Traci Myers said the new rate calculation included an in-depth analysis, internal staff discussion and consideration of sewer bond credits. Using the new credit, ...